tüfteln

Signification (Anglais)

to tinker, to work on something, to attempt to work out a solution carefully and patiently

Concepts

bricoler

faire l’idiot

perdre son temps

subtiliser

créer des complications

Synonymes

basteln

bummeln

denken

🤔

verarschen

herumalbern

Spaß haben

frickeln

herumpfuschen

herumbasteln

herumblödeln

herumfriemeln

friemeln

herumfrickeln

ausdenken

herumprobieren

Traductions

tinker

footle about

work meticulously

footle around

arrabattarsi

üstünkörü tamir etmek

Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

diftele

canton de Bâle-Campagne

ziirggle

Données fournies par : Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Étymologie (Anglais)

Entered modern German from the Upper German language area. The exact origin is unclear. Grimm suggests a Rotwelsch origin (compare dufte). Kluge views it as a continuation of Middle High German tüfteln (“to knock, tap”).